"I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do"

This quote by Elliott Smith is a representation on his job and also the assumptions of his document tag, Dreamworks. He is recommending that Dreamworks signed him with the understanding that he would continue to make songs in his own unique design. He suggests that Dreamworks was not expecting him to transform his noise or design to fit their assumptions. This quote talks with Smith's confidence in his very own creative capabilities and his belief that Dreamworks valued his creativity. It also recommends that Smith was not going to jeopardize his own creative vision in order to please his record label. Smith's quote is a testament to the importance of staying true to one's own innovative vision and not enabling external pressures to influence the art one creates.